rb_man

I really hope so I love that game it was the only PoP games I have ever finished. Hell it is one of the few games I finished, like there are only like 40 :P.

@Azteck said:

Hey people, this is my PSA for the day.

STOP MAKING THESE FUCKING THREADS

This 10x this.

I got like 3 I don't want if you want them PM me.

I have 3 as well.

@Grillbar said:

@rb_man said:

@FluxWaveZ said:

The United States of America isn't the world.

It is not. But it is a start.

and the end

Alpha and Omega

@FluxWaveZ said:

The United States of America isn't the world.

It is not. But it is a start.

@Humanity: Right now I am just running kind of normal stuff. Like the weirdest thing I am running right now is a Hard Drive just for Steam and other video games. Also some externals for like movies and other files.

@Contrarian said:

@rb_man said:

Also I am an election judge and it is just as easy to register here as Australia and you can vote early through the mail it is called a absentee ballot. But the thing about making sure everyone can vote is that some people don't give a fuck about who there elected officials are. Getting people who don't give a fuck about voting to vote is worse because they will just pick whatever. I have seen people come in a vote for one dude they care about then just pick at random for everyone else which kind of screws with the whole system.

I disagree. Just because they don't care how they vote doesn't mean that it screws it up. We used to have an issue with the Donkey vote, until they stopped listing in alphabetical order and set them out somewhat more randomly. If I person votes without much thought, it is just as valid as the vote that had thought, that is democracy. We can't set IQ test for voting and we don't gt to decide if someone should be allowed to vote. The number of random voters is too small to calculate and likely has no effect on the outcome as they don't all vote the same random way.

The only part I don't like is above the line voting and getting that party you choose to decide your preferences (for those non-Australians, we have a preferential voting system - the person with the most votes doesn't win unless they get more than 50% of the vote, or under, with preferences allocated). Everyone should vote all the way through from top to bottom.

That's fine if you disagree I am just sick of seeing people thinking that the only thing you need to give a fuck about is the president and just peck at the others even if they vote for some one who they don't have the same views as.

But just FYI it really is crazy easy to vote here.

@Hunter5024 said:

@Contrarian said:

On the voter ID thing, it is very easy to register in Australia. You just fill out a form, no ID required if you don't have a licence, just co-signed by a person who is registered. It is very simple for the Electoral Commission to verify against their records with your address. You can even enrol simply if you are homeless or a prisoner (serving less than 3 years - you get your vote back after release if longer).

It may vary by state, but voting in america is no harder than this. I don't watch the news so I can't speculate as to how they are misrepresenting the process, I can only speak to my own experience. I spent ten minutes online filling out a form (that asked the most basic of information such as SSN and such) and had a card sent to me within about a week, and I don't even need it because they mail my ballots to me anyways, with about a month to send back my vote. So yeah thats about as easy as it could possibly be.

I would dare say it is easier then ordering a pizza. Also there is Early voting were for 2 week before the election you can walk in to a polling place a vote any time from 7am to 7pm 7 days a week.

@Contrarian said:

@rb_man said:

@Contrarian: I some times thing only the bad shit that happen in America is seen by the rest of the world. Mostly because of are 24 news net works(My belief I could be wrong). In truth it is not hard to get registered to vote here I mean my high school spends a whole 2 hours getting the graduating class registered, also when you get your drivers license they ask you if you want to register it is just a a check box on the form, and not mention all the local groups like churches that hit the streets to get people set to vote.

But to answer your question I would not sell my vote for any thing because I really do love were I live and I want to have a voice in what happens here.

I would agree that generally speaking news seen overseas is almost always bad, because it is more interesting (to sell/broadcast). That isn't unique to America. It also does depend on where you digest your world news. I am not going to deny that a lot of what I digest comes from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. There isn't a single news service out of the US I trust, I go to the BBC for that. What we can't do though is assume that if it was easy for me, it is easy for everyone else. We can never understand another group's life as we do not have to and can't live it. If I read/hear that groups don't find it so easy, I am likely to defer to them as my default view.

On the voter ID thing, it is very easy to register in Australia. You just fill out a form, no ID required if you don't have a licence, just co-signed by a person who is registered. It is very simple for the Electoral Commission to verify against their records with your address. You can even enrol simply if you are homeless or a prisoner (serving less than 3 years - you get your vote back after release if longer). Then the election is held on a Saturday, when most people don't work, so as many can vote as possible. We have many, many places to vote and never have people miss out due to long lines or not enough forms. You can vote by mail before the election if you want. Also, when you vote, you don't show any ID at all. You just tell them your name and address and they cross you off - stopping you from voting more than once (they check).

I love our voting system. It is easy, it is fair and it is completely free of ever being corrupted - try and find a story that contradicts that. It could only be better if it was a public holiday for voting day.

Nothing in this world is fair and it is completely free of ever being corrupted. That's just how the real world works.

Also I am an election judge and it is just as easy to register here as Australia and you can vote early through the mail it is called a absentee ballot. But the thing about making sure everyone can vote is that some people don't give a fuck about who there elected officials are. Getting people who don't give a fuck about voting to vote is worse because they will just pick whatever. I have seen people come in a vote for one dude they care about then just pick at random for everyone else which kind of screws with the whole system.